| * = gereconstrueerde vorm |
| ‹ = afkomstig uit |
| › = leidt tot |
| » = zie |
| Akv. = Atlakviða |
| Am. = Atlamál |
| am = Handschrift am |
| arg = Jan de Vries, Altgermanische Religionsgeschichte |
| Bdr. = Baldrs draumar |
| dat. = datief |
| de. = Deens |
| du. = Duits |
| Egils s. = Egils saga Skallagrimssonar |
| eng. = Engels |
| ev. = enkelvoud |
| Eyrb. s. = Eyrbyggja saga |
| Faer. s. = Faereyinga saga |
| Fj. = Fjölsvinnsmál |
| Flat. = Flateyjarbók |
| Fm. = Fáfnismál |
| gen. = genitief |
| germ. = Germaans |
| Gest. D. = Saxo Grammaticus, Gesta Danorum |
| Gest. H.E. = Adam van Bremen, Gesta Hammburgensis ecclesiae episcopum |
| got. = gotisch |
| gr. = Grieks |
| Grm. = Grímnismál |
| Grt. = Grottasöngr |
| Háv. = Hávamál |
| Harð. s. = Harðar saga |
| Hdl. = Hyndluljóð |
| hfdst. = hoofdstuk |
| hh i = Helgakviða Hundingsbana i |
| hh ii = Helgakviða Hundingsbana ii |
| Hist. = Tacitus, Historiae |
| Hist. E. = Beda, Historia ecclesiastica |
| Hist. L. = Paulus Diaconus, Historia Langobardorum |
| Hkr. = Snorri Sturluson, Heimskringla |
| Hm. = Hamðismál |
| Hrbl. = Hárbarðsljóð |
| Hym. = Hymiskviða |
| íb = Handschrift íb |
| ie. = Indo-europees |
| ijsl. = IJslands |
| Jomsv. s. = Jomsvikinga saga |
| lat. = Latijn |
| lett. = letterlijk |
| Lex. = R. Künzel e.a., Lexicon van Nederlandse toponiemen voor 1200 |
| Lnb. = Landnámabók |
| Ls. = Lokasenna |
| mhd. = Middelhoogduits |
| mndl. = Middelnederlands |
| mnl. = mannelijk |
| mv. = meervoud |
| Njáls s. = Brennu-Njáls saga |
| ndl. = Nederlands |
| nks = Handschrift nks |
| no. = Noors |
| od. = Ouddeens |
| oe. = Oudengels |
| ofr. = Oudfries |
| ogm. = Oudgermaans |
| oi. = Oudindisch |
| ohd. = Oudhoogduits |
| on. = Oudnoords |
| os. = Oudsaksisch |
| RäF = W. Krause en H. Jankuhn, Runeninschriften im älteren Futhark |
| Rm. = Reginsmál |
| Sd. = Sigrdrífumál |
| Skj. = Jónsson, Skjaldedigtning |
| Skm. = Skírnismál |
| skt. = Sanskriet |
| SnE = Snorri Sturluson, Edda [Snorra-Edda] |
| Þrk. = Þrymskviða |
| vgl. = vergelijk |
| Vkv. = Völundarkviða |
| Vm. = Vafþrúðnismál |
| Völs. s. = Völsunga saga |
| Vsp. = Völuspá |
| Yngl. s. = Ynglinga saga |
| zw. = Zweeds |
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